The Reverend Dr. Kate Cress, Rector

THE CHOIR OF SAINT JAMES

Jae Park, Assistant Conductor
Dr. Tom Mueller, Associate Organist
Canon James Paul Buonemani, Artistic Director & Organist-Choirmaster

Justin Baker, Production Manager
Adolfo Angulo, Concert Administrator

Bill Vestal, Artistic Director, Classical Sundays at Six

3903 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California   90010

Saint James Music Office: 213/388-3015

Email: GreatMusic@SaintJamesLA.org

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We are located in the Wilshire Center district of Los Angeles, two blocks west of Western Avenue. Ramp accessible.

Metro Purple Line: Wilshire/Western station, then walk two blocks west.

Street parking available with additional free concert parking at 3926 Wilshire Blvd. across from the front of the church.

In response to the ongoing pandemic, we are committed to providing a safe environment for our musicians and audiences. All performers and staff will be fully vaccinated, and although the performing musicians may elect to perform at a distance without masks, we currently require masks for all audience members. Audience members must purchase (free of charge) an advanced-entry online ticket for entry to each concert and evensong. All ticket holders will be required to affirm their full-vaccination status at time of purchase and pass an on-site health confirmation screening prior to entry, which may include an examination of your “proof of vaccination card.”(Children under 12 years of age do not, at present, need to be vaccinated, but must wear a mask). 

Tickets are available at through the "Reserve Tickets" button starting September 20, 2021.

Concerts will be live-streamed and available afterward on-demand.

We invite you to experience great organ music played on the David John Falconer Memorial Organ (originally built in 1911 for St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral, Los Angeles, by Murray M. Harris). Comprising over 5,000 pipes in total, the organ is an important part of Los Angeles musical history and takes its place among the country’s most important and magnificent instruments.

We have moved our 2021 slate of celebratory recitalists to 2022 as we continue to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the rebuilding of this magnificent pipe organ at St. James Church as well as the launching of our series Great Music at Saint James itself which has featured over 250 of the most distinguished organists from throughout the world.  This season we welcome Canadian organist Ken Cowan, British organists Clive Driskill-Smith and  Jeremy Filsell, and American organists Alcee Chris, Todd Wilson, Christopher Houlihan and our own Associate Organist, Tom Mueller. We are especially excited to have Todd Wilson, Head of the organ department at the Cleveland Institute of Music, launch a 2-CD album on the Gothic label at his October 10 recital. The David John Falconer Memorial Organ will be feted with this first commercially available recording including a newly written composition written specially for the occasion by our Organist-Choirmaster James Buonemani.

These recitals are offered as a gift to the community free of charge, and we are grateful to the Ahmanson Foundation and our Friends of Great Music for their continuing support. (Please note Pandemic Protocols and Ticketing information above.) Freewill offering.

Beginning in 1948 at Exposition Park, Sundays Live is now presented at St. James in-the-City as Classical Sundays at Six, part of our broader offerings of Great Music at Saint James. It is the oldest continuing chamber music series in Southern California, and we are honored to continue Bill Vestal’s leadership as Artistic Director in its new format at St. James.

Offered twice a month, on the 1^st and 3^rd Sundays at 6 PM (October through May), Classical Sundays at Six will feature chamber, orchestral, and solo artists from Southern California and around the globe streaming live and on-demand. Together with our International Laureates Organ Series and Evensongs on the 2^nd Sundays, Great Music at St. James continues to make St. James in-the-City an inspirational concert destination October through May. (Please note Pandemic Protocols and Ticketing information above.) Freewill offering.

The semi-professional Choir of Saint James distinguished itself in 1996 as the first American Choir to have sung in performance with the Choir of Westminster Abbey, London. They have since completed four tours of the British Isles and are pleased to offer the Los Angeles community the uniquely Anglican service of Evensong in the style of the great English Cathedrals on the second Sunday of the month at 4:30 PM. Starting October 10, 2021, a subset of the full Choir of Saint James will sing in-person, live-streamed, services of Evensong. As with other concert offerings, an advanced purchased (free) online ticket will be required. (Please note Pandemic Protocols and Ticketing information above.) Freewill offering.

Patterned after the ever-popular service of Nine Lessons and Carols originating from King’s College, Cambridge, England, the Choir of Saint James offers this service on the Third Sunday of Advent, December 12, 2021. (Please note Pandemic Protocols and Ticketing information above.) Freewill offering.

We are grateful to our Friends of Great Music whose support has made our musical offerings possible. If you are not already a Friend of Great Music at St James, please consider becoming one. 

Your tax-deductible gift will be acknowledged in all our Evensong, Organ Recital and Classical Sundays at Six programs (unless otherwise requested). 

Special thanks to the Ahmanson Foundation (major support given to the International Laureates Organ Series) and to the Colburn Foundation (major support given to Classical Sundays at Six) for their leadership grants. 

To make your contribution, please visit stjla.org/musicfriends. You can also contribute by sending a check made payable to Great Music at St. James and mailed to

Great Music at St. James
St. James Church
3903 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA   90010

Thank you!

Archangel - $5,000
Angel - $2,500
Sustaining Sponsor - $1,000
Benefactor - $500
Patron - $250
Associate - $125
Contributor - $65
Donor - $25